Culinary Intern

Position Overview

The Culinary Intern is responsible for overseeing vendor deliveries and inventorying the items upon arrival. This position helps maintain high levels of cleanliness, sanitation, and organization. This position will also help with prepare, cook, and assemble dishes in their assigned area while maintaining sanitation standards. This position will handle food in adherence to the recipe standards to ensure that all food prepared meets Exact Sciences standard of excellence. 

Essential Duties

Include but are not limited to the following:

• Provide the highest quality of service at all times, including lunch service.
• Ensure preparation stations and kitchen are cleaned, sanitized, and stocked.
• Comply with sanitation/safety standards within Food services and ensure all personnel follow safety/sanitation standards.
• Verify orders, unload, and stock items in walk in coolers, freezers, and dry storage areas.
• Move equipment and supplies from storage areas to work areas.
• Assist team members with food preparation; including, but not limited to, blending soups, washing, and peeling vegetables, chopping vegetables, and cutting meat.
• Clean and sanitize food preparation areas and cooking surfaces, before, during, and after food service operations.
• Prepare ingredients, cook, and assemble dishes as indicated by recipes.
• Perform portion control and minimize waste to keep cost within forecasted range.
• Maintain a clean workstation by cleaning prep areas, kitchen equipment, tables, and shelves and taking care of any leftovers in the workspace.
• Ensure that all dishes are prepared in a timely manner by restocking ingredients at workstation and meeting prep times to ensure smooth delivery.
• Cook menu items with support of the kitchen staff.
• Grow inside container hydroponic farms including seeding, transplanting, harvesting, and packaging produce.
• Clean and maintain the hydroponic farm, including general farm cleaning, refilling water and nutrient tanks and calibrating sensors.
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Strong commitment to service and hospitality excellence.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• High standards regarding culinary and service delivery.
• Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.
• Support and comply with the company’s Quality Management System policies and procedures.
• Regular and reliable attendance.
• Ability to work designated schedule.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds for approximately 50% of a typical working day.
• Ability to work seated for approximately 10% of a typical working day. Ability to work standing for approximately 90% of a typical working day.
• Ability to work on a mobile device, tablet, or in front of a computer screen and/or perform typing for approximately 20% of a typical working day.
• Ability to grasp with both hands; pinch with thumb and forefinger; turn with hand/arm; reach above shoulder height.
• Ability to comply with any applicable personal protective equipment requirements.
• Ability and means to travel between Madison locations.